Chargers WR Keenan Allen PFF's No. 40 overall player of 2017

Chargers WR Keenan Allen PFF's No. 40 overall player of 2017

Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen is one of five players on the team to make Pro Football Focus’ (PFF) top 101 list from 2017, checking in at No. 40 after a career year.

Allen did what no other player has ever done in NFL history in 2017 by catching at least 10 passes for 100-plus yards and at least one touchdown in three consecutive games this past season. The feat saw him become the second Chargers player to have his gear put on display in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Week 16 Allen once again made history by becoming the first player in NFL annals to record at least 90 receptions and one interception in a season.

“I don’t care about it [not being spoken about on the level of Falcons WR Julio Jones and other top receivers]. I do know, I’m probably the best. I am the best in the league. No question. I can do what those guys do. What they’re doing, I’m doing it. No question about it,” Allen said to FS1’s Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe on the two’s show “Undisputed” Jan. 31.

Allen posted career highs in receptions with 102, receiving yards with 1,393 yards and six touchdowns in 2017, marking the first time he has cleared the 1,000-yard mark since his rookie campaign in 2013.

Here is what PFF had to say about ranking Allen as their No. 40 overall player of 2017.

The best two wide receivers in the game are Julio Jones and Antonio Brown, but the race is wide open to be the third name on the list, and the Chargers’ Keenan Allen is one of the names in the discussion. Allen was behind those two in yards per route run, but when targeted, he produced a wide receiver rating of 107.3, the seventh-best mark in the league, ahead of both Jones and Brown.

PFF Elite Stat: Allen ranked third among with receivers with 2.55 yards per route run.